Repertoire
Group I (Uusimaa region, contestants up to 11 years of age)
Maximum duration 10 minutes.
The repertoire must include:
music from a composer born before the year 1785
music in a fast tempo
music of free choice
Video selection: If the number of applicants is too large in terms of the competition schedule, the organizer will limit the number of the participants. For the video selection, the applicants must send a link (e.g., Youtube, Dropbox, etc.) to a video containing one solo work. The work must not be part of the actual competition repertoire.
Group II (Uusimaa region, contestants between 12–15 years of age)
Maximum duration 15 minutes.
The repertoire must include:
Music from a composer born before the year 1785
Music in a fast tempo
Finnish music
Music of free choice
Video selection: If the number of applicants is too large in terms of the competition schedule, the organizer will limit the number of the participants. For the video selection, the applicants must send a link (e.g., Youtube, Dropbox, etc.) to a video containing one solo work. The work must not be part of the actual competition repertoire.
Group III (international, 10–15 years of age)
Video Selection: Along with the application form, the applicants must send a link (e.g. youtube, dropbox, etc.) to a video containing two works, which must fill the following requirements:
At least one work must be part of the actual competition repertoire
At least one work must be in a fast tempo
The two works can be recorded separately but they must open through one link. The duration of the video must not exceed 10 minutes. The works on the video must be solo works.
First round (maximum duration 20 minutes):
Music from a composer born before the year 1700
Music from a Finnish composer*, composed in 2000 or later
One or more works of free choice
** The works of foreign composers living permanently in Finland will also be accepted. Further information about Finnish composers: core.musicfinland.fi. See examples of Finnish piano compositions here.
Second round (maximum duration 20 minutes):
One or more works of free choice
One movement from one of the following works:
W.A.Mozart: Piano Concerto no 8 C Major “Lützow” K. 246, I or III movement
W.A.Mozart: Piano Concerto no 11 F Major K. 413, I or III movement
W.A.Mozart: Piano Concerto no 12 A Major K. 414, I or III movement
W.A.Mozart: Piano Concerto no 13 C Major K. 415, I or III movement
J. Haydn: Piano Concerto no 11 D Major Hob. XVIII/11, I or III movement
The Piano Concerto movement will be played together with a string quartet.
The free of choice repertoire performed by the contestant may include an improvisation or a composition by the contestant.
The performing order of the required works can be decided by the contestant.
All works must be performed from memory, except for the mandatory Finnish composition.